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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

210,528

100.0

enrolled in school

40,624

100.0

Native

199,708

94.9

Nursery school, preschool

2,753

6.8

Born in United States

196,836

93.5

Kindergarten

2,543

6.3

State of residence

70,344

33.4

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

19,990

49.2

Different state

126,492

60.1

High school (grades 9-12)

9,834

24.2

Born outside United States

2,872

1.4

College or graduate school

5,504

13.5

Foreign born

10,820

5.1

Entered 1990 to March 2000

3,914

1.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

5,084

2.4

Population 25 years and over

155,572

100.0

Not a citizen

5,736

2.7

Less than 9th grade

8,889

5.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

22,593

14.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

53,339

34.3

Total (excluding born at sea)

10,820

100.0

Some college, no degree

35,744

23.0

Europe

2,779

25.7

Associate degree

9,196

5.9

Asia

1,209

11.2

Bachelor's degree

17,509

11.3

Africa

253

2.3

Graduate or professional degree

8,302

5.3

Oceania

36

0.3

Latin America

5,479

50.6

Percent high school graduate or higher

79.8

(X)

Northern America

1,064

9.8

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.6

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

199,560

100.0

Population 15 years and over

174,738

100.0

English only

182,724

91.6

Never married

27,762

15.9

Language other than English

16,836

8.4

Now married, except separated

110,140

63.0

Speak English less than '"very well"'

5,914

3.0

Separated

2,689

1.5

Spanish

11,262

5.6

Widowed

17,018

9.7

Speak English less than '"very well"'

4,517

2.3

Female

13,478

7.7

Other Indo-European languages

4,224

2.1

Divorced

17,129

9.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

899

0.5

Female

9,148

5.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

852

0.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

344

0.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

210,528

100.0

under 18 years

3,847

100.0

Total ancestries reported

214,646

102.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,729

44.9

Arab

565

0.3

Czech¹

1,143

0.5

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

1,006

0.5

Civilian population 18 years and over

167,709

100.0

Dutch

4,476

2.1

Civilian veterans

35,534

21.2

English

30,098

14.3

French (except Basque)¹

8,175

3.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

2,375

1.1

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

35,195

16.7

Population 5 to 20 years

37,148

100.0

Greek

554

0.3

With a disability

3,738

10.1

Hungarian

1,076

0.5

Population 21 to 64 years

104,974

100.0

Irish¹

25,718

12.2

With a disability

25,604

24.4

Italian

10,661

5.1

Percent employed

58.5

(X)

Lithuanian

445

0.2

No disability

79,370

75.6

Norwegian

1,855

0.9

Percent employed

73.1

(X)

Polish

5,724

2.7

Population 65 years and over

54,151

100.0

Portuguese

532

0.3

With a disability

20,132

37.2

Russian

1,041

0.5

Scotch-Irish

4,196

2.0

Scottish

5,567

2.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

634

0.3

Population 5 years and over

199,560

100.0

Subsaharan African

1,024

0.5

Same house in 1995

98,871

49.5

Swedish

3,011

1.4

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

97,666

48.9

Swiss

660

0.3

Same county

36,558

18.3

Ukrainian

418

0.2

Different county

61,108

30.6

United States or American

23,028

10.9

Same state

31,828

15.9

Welsh

1,924

0.9

Different state

29,280

14.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

974

0.5

Elsewhere in 1995

3,023

1.5

Other ancestries

42,571

20.2

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.